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By: NITRO 175
Posted: 5/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I started at the dam I got there at seven a lots of people already just above the boat ramp so I waited took my time then a father and son pack up and I move in there spot I think they were there at d...
By: SilverSlayer
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Barrier Dam area from 6 to 9:30 this morning. Fishing was slow, only saw one springer landed from the riffle above the boat launch. Saw another brief hook-up in the same area, but thats it. ...
By: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I m on Vacation Missed the Lake Wilderness Opener to many boat trls got turned away fished lake Meridian and my fire extinguisher pin fell out and shot off all over big mess still cleaning it up ...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 3
My son and I went to the dam yesterday, he just got back from Alaska his there for college any way he hasn't fish since winter break so he really wanted to go to try his luck, we got there at about th...
Posted: 5/24/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down Thursday night (Slept in the Truck) in hopes of bringing home some fish. Up bright an early in line at barrier tossing eggs under a float as usual. A few guys tagged springers early but it ...
By: fishonfool
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Side planned plugs just above the toutle with no luck this am. 4 others fishing eggs n shrimp with no luck. Saw no fish roll or splash. Lots of smolts/small trout pecking at offerings.
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cowlitz at the barrier dam early this morning for spring Chinook. Saw quite a few fish hooked/landed with people having success drifting glow corkies, using darts, drifting eggs, and floati...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Barrier Dam on Friday evening with Hepker hoping to catch my first Springer of the season. We float fished eggs and sand shrimp for several hours. Missed a couple take downs, had two solid bites t...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 6/17/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got out for a great day of springer fishing last week. Launched o dark thirty at the barrier access site. River was pretty desolate which was not what I expected. Flows had been dropped significant...
By: sealegs
Posted: 4/18/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Felt " sick " on Thursday night and called in "sick" on Friday. Amazingly, I felt better as I was driving down to the Cowlitz River to try my odds at a second Chinook. I prepped Roe sacks the night be...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/6/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing on the Cowlitz for springers is starting to pick up! The B-run steelhead are in. We were searching for springers yesterday from Barrier to Blue Creek. Springers are a little slow, but they are...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/25/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It rained, it was windy, and some sun showed up. I don’t know exactly where we were but Phil knew where some fish were.
We were happy!
We are in a battle! Angler against fish! We need an arsena...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the cowlitz today, wow it is so blown out. What a waste of time, i advise anyone thinking of hitting it any time soon the reconsider, check the flows. I got washed away ha
By: schu7498
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning and afternoon at the cowlitz trying for springers. Started out between the hatcherys at a quiet spot. Saw lots of boat traffic, and no fish. Then went up to the barrier dam, lots of ...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished out on the Cowlitz this Saturday. The weather was cooperative, but the fish weren't. We started at Blue Creek searching out steelhead. Threw everything in the bag at them, and didn't find an...
By: rephresh
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river. 5 fish hooked and 1 landed. These guys are very big and bright. Eggs are the ticket. Few steelhead still coming thru too. Saw one guy leave with 2 and buddy hooked 1.
By: blurock
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a fun day! We went out with Bruce Warren to learn the lower Cowlitz and have a fun day as well as hopefully catch some fish. Got up at 2:30 to meet at 5:30AM in Castle Rock.
We fished the ge...
By: blurock
Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I was suppose to go to the Potholes this weekend for some Walleye, Bass, and Trout action, but it didn't happen. So we packed up and headed for the Cowlitz instead.
Saturday we fished Blue Creek ...
By: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My fishn partner informd me Barrier Dam Chinook hook ups were good so early there in the am we go hooked onto several bringing them in not so easy alot of people and the idea of calling out FISH ON an...
By: Ducks
Posted: 12/1/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
went fishing in Packwood below the bridge and caught 1 jack and lost 2 adults, used a green corky with black yarn and a 1/2 oz weight with a 4.5 ft leader
By: SoDakboy
Posted: 9/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first time side drifting for salmon, so if I got the rating wrong whoops. Went out with guide Mike Mike was right on time and then we followed him to the Castle Rock boat ramp. Got the boat...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well we've been fishing the Cowlitz now for a bit. We banked it today though, had some good springer lessons in some 80 degree weather. It's been very good. Today was a lot of fun, fish jumping everyw...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I’ve been fishing the Cowlitz from the drift boat and the bank, and the fishing has been better from the bank, believe it or not. Eggs drifted at the barrier dam are the ticket, alongside a crippled h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the cow pulled in about an 8 lb hen and saw a guy loose one. Nice fish but it was tore up from nets. Didn't see anything else but hiked away from the crowds. First summer run so far so Im prett...
By: goin_postal
Posted: 1/7/2010
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
well my computer froze and lost my report so whatever.i seen a lot of reports of cuttroat and in all the pics i didnt see a cutt,so here are some pics of real cutts and the marks that make them.the re...
